Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:WLL) reached 38.92% versus a 1-year low price of $18.37. The stock was last seen 7.63% higher, reaching at $25.52 on 3/13/2019. At a recent session, the prices were hovering between $24.69 and $25.73. This company shares are 51.49% off its target price of $38.66 and the current market capitalization stands at $2.46B. The recent change has given its price a -5.4% deficit over SMA 50 and -54.81% deficit over its 52-week high. The stock witnessed -4.31% declines, -11.51% declines and -45.52% declines for the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month period, respectively. To measure price-variation, we found WLL’s volatility during a week at 3.91% and during a month it has been found around 4.03%.

Whiting Petroleum Corporation (WLL) Top Holders

Institutional investors currently hold around $2.15 billion or 0% in WLL stock. Look at its top three institutional owners: Fmr Llc owns $313.29 million in Whiting Petroleum Corporation, which represents roughly 12.74% of the company’s market cap and approximately 14.61% of the institutional ownership. Similar statistics are true for the second largest owner, Vanguard Group Inc, which owns 10,368,114 shares of the stock are valued at $245.83 million. The third largest holder is Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management Llc, which currently holds $143.81 million worth of this stock and that ownership represents nearly 5.85% of its market capitalization.

Whiting Petroleum Corporation 13F Filings

At the end of December reporting period, 150 institutional holders increased their position in Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:WLL) by some 18,394,414 shares, 169 decreased positions by 16,825,445 and 39 held positions by 55,233,758. That puts total institutional holdings at 90,453,617 shares, according to SEC filings. The stock grabbed 51 new institutional investments totaling 3,969,108 shares while 86 institutional investors sold out their entire positions totaling 10,191,890 shares.

Whiting Petroleum Corporation (WLL) Analyst Guide

Several analysts have released their opinion on Whiting Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:WLL), with 9 analysts believing it is a strong buy. Whereas 14 of them predict the stock is a hold. Also, there are 9 buy, 0 sell and 0 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 2.16 average brokerage recommendation [T1].

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